I know that this question has been asked before, but I cannot find a simple solution. Is there not a power manager that enables us to set the phone to stay awake whilst its connected via USB. I currently use green power premium, which is an excellent power manager but again has no such feature, as far as I can see.
To me the problem is that I use my phone Explorer all day long and every time I go to sync the phone is turned off and as such my phone Explorer can't find it.
This is the first phone that I have had that does not appear to have the ability to stay awake whilst connected to a power supply.
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Has anyone noticed on either the Tilt or Kaiser that sometimes the device will not enter sleep mode?
It seems like when my Tilt running the stock AT&T Rom is on AC power, it will not enter sleep mode even though I have it set to sleep after 5 minutes on AC power. This is not while connected via USB to a PC running ActiveSync as that WILL keep the device alive, I'm talking about connected to the power brick.
After 5 minutes the screen will dim but not sleep. Running on battery power the timeout will usually happen. If it doesn't sleep the display just dims like it did above.
Settings for power are set to shut off after 5 minutes.
Any ideas?
Todd
I've noticed that mine does the same thing, just doesn't turn off when plugged into AC. I'm not aware of any "fix" for it persay, I just dismissed it as a minor bug of the OS. I would be curious if if anyone does have a solution to this, but it's not that big a deal IMO.
I noticed it also, but don't care. However, if it happens while on battery, try changing the time to something else and then back. My battery was draining QUICK and finally I realized that it wasn't turning off. Doing the above fixed it.
Thanks for the replies. Not that I feel better about it but at least others have the same issue. It's not a big deal if plugged, just wondering why.
Todd
I just got into the habit of manually hitting the power button and putting it to sleep before holstering it and right after pluging it in.
Same here, it would go to sleep on DC power but would stay awake on AC power.
Dont worry.
I'm sure it goes into sleep when you press the power button.
Ahhh, is that what that button is for?!
hey ya'll, so for the longest time when I would plug the tilt into the wall charger, the screen would NOT turn on (it would not wake up) - however, suddenly, now it does...
I've tried going through all the settings, but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to not wake up when plugged in (wall charger) -- I know it will turn on when plugged into the computer, that's fine -- any help, as always, would be greatly appreciated
thanks!
Well I'm not sure how to stop it from waking when you plug it in, but you can always tell it to go right back into stand-by.
Check out the settings in Start > Settings > System [tab] > Power > Advanced [tab]
You can tell it to "Turn off device if not used for" X amount of time while "On external power".
Not a fix but I hope it helps.
It's a strange thing. I have both a wall charger and a desktop cradle/charger.
When I plug my Tilt into the desktop cradle (without the usb cable connected to the pc), it turns on. But, when I use the wall charger, it doesn't.
This is very consistant. Maybe the pinout is different between the connectors, or the output voltage is different.
It's just something I've gotten used to and can live with.
The Tilt will not wake if you use the wall charger that came with the Tilt. It will wake if you use other types of usb charger
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The Tilt will not wake if you use the wall charger that came with the Tilt. It will wake if you use other types of usb charger
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I've noticed that myself and I think it is extremely odd but intelligent.
If your cradle is connected to a PC via USB then it will wake. My Tilt never wakes when I simply plug into the charger, but dropping it into my cradle wakes the PPC and the PC (if it happens to be asleep).
It wakes because there is a sync notification that tells it to on detection of a USB ie. repllog.exe is by default set to run when this key is present "AppRunAtRs232Detect"
Now you can remove this repllog entry, but it means you would have to run repllog manually every time you want to sync.
The following was written for the purpose of replacing repllog entries deleted by mistake. However it will give you some info on what happens when you connect certain Rs232 USB connectors.
http://michael-channon.spaces.live....artqs=cat=Repairing+the+ActiveSync+Connection
Mike
I am using the supplied wall charger that came with the phone and the screen powers on when I plug it in. It used to not do this at one point. I believe some thrid party software I installed is causing this. Also the screen with turn on once the charge is complete. Very annoying at night. I don't want to use the on external power settings to blank the screen after x minutes because this messes with using the GPS function while in my car. I want to see the screen while using GPS and plugged into a power source.
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. I don't want to use the on external power settings to blank the screen after x minutes because this messes with using the GPS function while in my car.
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It shouldn't, all GPS programs I've tried force backlight on regardless on the system settings while they're running. Which one are you using?
I'm using iGuidance 3.1.
I had to do a hard reset due to an app I installed making my phone go all wonky. After the hard reset and re-installing all my programs I no longer have this problem of the phone waking on external power.
My original Tilt used to do the same thing - screen turned on when plugging into the HTC supplied power cord (even after a H/R with no programs). Eventually, the phone had to be replaced after one day it had a red light after charging a few hours and wouldn't turn on (it had been around 50% when plugged in). My refurbished Tilt mostly does not power on when plugged into the wall charger. Once in a blue moon, it will. It is random enough, I haven't been able to see a common factor as to why.
Any settings to disable wake on USB to computer connection?
A lot of times I plug my Kaiser to PC just to charge it, and I hate to see it connecting every time.
Many thanks!!!
I got the Sprint HTC Touch Pro and I know this is probably a stupid question and all but i cant recall that if you plug the device in to charge while device is on standby is the screen supposed to come on or stay off and you have to click the power button...I think the other day when I plugged it in in standby device turned on please help?
It all depends on how you've configured your power options.
Go to Settings/System/Power & go to the advanced tab to configure the "On External Power" where you can either disable the screen going off and/or the whole device turning off. If you decide to allow the screen to stay on then you can set a time value.
Hope that helps.
Hi Guys!
When my Diamond is connected to PC it is always ON. Only backlight is off after a while.
But I need the phone to go to sleep (not just backlight off) even if it's connected to PC and activesync.
In other words, I need the same phone behavior as such when it is charged from adapter and go to sleep after a period which is defined in power setings.
Can you help me what and where I need to setup?
I’m repurposing an old phone to be dedicated to my car infotainment system using Android Auto. It will always be connected to a USB port that powers off when the car is off and powers on when the car is started.
I’m looking for an app that basically turns off everything it can when there is no power to the USB port to make the battery last as long as possible (basically, one step short of powered off). But when there is power at the USB port I want the phone to wake and have as much performance as necessary without having to touch the phone. I won’t be interacting with the phone so I don’t need the phone display on when there is power to the USB port but I’ll need full performance.
Does anyone know of an app like this? My phone is rooted.
Hi. Turning off the phone when such a condition is met is done with the tasker program.
Now turn on when the cell phone is off and it detects current in the usb port with an app it cannot be done.
I did it by modifying the cell phone boot. Therefore when there is power in the usb port it turns on itself.
You have to find that for your cell phone model.
When I can I put you as I can with my Samsung J7
Cheers
Hi. You can turn off with "macrodroid" application and turn changing the ini.rc file.
Add the following command in ON CHARGER;
setprop sys.powerctl reboot,leaving-off-mode-charging
If you want, basically, one step short of powered off you can try and use one of the automation apps like Tasker. They can detect when a power supply is attached. Then you have to write/code the actions that take place (and reverse them when the power is restored). You may require root to do this as effectively as possible. I would try
turning off ALL radios
put the phone into it's harshest battery saving mode (which should do most of the work for you)
reduce clock frequency
stop any apps (except the automation one) running in background
maybe force stopping any apps you consider may miss-behave
With an ok battery, it should not be too difficult to get it to a discharge rate of 0.1 - 0.2% per hour if that's a target that would work for you.
Of course turning the phone off/on automatically is the ultiate solution, but then you will be at the mercy of the boot time every time you get in your car.
You might also consider powering it permanently. I suspect the power consumption with the screen and radios off off may be similar or probably less than, say, a dashcam on standby.
Yea, as mentioned, turning off the phone is easy. Turning it back on is the challenge.
My phone goes into a download mode that doesn't accept fastboot commands. Getting around that is beyond my skillset.
I've downloaded Automate and there is already a power saving tool created. I briefly tried it but it didn't seem aggressive enough.
Currently I'm trying an app called Comatose, if can be found in the Play Store. It seems to be working pretty good.
I was just wondering if there is an app created specifically for use on phones that remain permanently connected to a switched USB port.
Comatose looks similar to Naptime - just putting the phone into doze early. I think there are more gains to be made if you can switch off the radios and engage what ever ROM-specific power saving features you phone happens to have.
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Comatose looks similar to Naptime - just putting the phone into doze early. I think there are more gains to be made if you can switch off the radios and engage what ever ROM-specific power saving features you phone happens to have.
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Yea, I realized I had manually turned off WiFi and Bluetooth to test the life. I still need to do that.
I used the "adb shell settings put global wifi_sleep_policy 1" so (supposedly) the WiFi is only on during sleep if there is power connected.
I'll try an Automate tool to turn off the Bluetooth during sleep.
Don't forget the GSM radio too (data and voice). That can be a real power hog in poor signal areas. And do it even if you have no SIM installed, as the phone still maintains a connection in order to allow emergency calls. Maybe see if you can simply force airplane mode?
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Don't forget the GSM radio too (data and voice). That can be a real power hog in poor signal areas. And do it even if you have no SIM installed, as the phone still maintains a connection in order to allow emergency calls. Maybe see if you can simply force airplane mode?
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I keep the phone in airplane mode since I don't have have a data plan for the old phone. I plan on using my regular phone as hotspot.
There isn't any advantage of turning off airplane mode if I don't have a data plan, is there?
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There isn't any advantage of turning off airplane mode if I don't have a data plan, is there?
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I don't think so. It would just consume more power. You would be able to make emergency calls I think. But you have another phone for that.